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Chapter 43

           Acoarsewhitedress,ofthesimplestform,hadbeensubstitutedforherOrientalgarments;yettherewassuchanexquisitemixtureofcourageandresignationinherlook,thateveninthisgarb,andwithnootherornamentthanherlongblacktresses,eacheyeweptthatlookeduponher,andthemosthardenedbigotregrettedthefatethathadconvertedacreaturesogoodlyintoavesselofwrath,andawagedslaveofthedevil.

           AcrowdofinferiorpersonagesbelongingtothePreceptoryfollowedthevictim,allmovingwiththeutmostorder,witharmsfolded,andlooksbentupontheground.

           Thisslowprocessionmovedupthegentleeminence,onthesummitofwhichwasthetiltyard,and,enteringthelists,marchedoncearoundthemfromrighttoleft,andwhentheyhadcompletedthecircle,madeahalt.Therewasthenamomentarybustle,whiletheGrandMasterandallhisattendants,exceptingthechampionandhisgodfathers,dismountedfromtheirhorses,whichwereimmediatelyremovedoutofthelistsbytheesquires,whowereinattendanceforthatpurpose.

           TheunfortunateRebeccawasconductedtotheblackchairplacednearthepile.Onherfirstglanceattheterriblespotwherepreparationsweremakingforadeathalikedismayingtothemindandpainfultothebody,shewasobservedtoshudderandshuthereyes,prayinginternallydoubtless,forherlipsmovedthoughnospeechwasheard.Inthespaceofaminutesheopenedhereyes,lookedfixedlyonthepileasiftofamiliarizehermindwiththeobject,andthenslowlyandnaturallyturnedawayherhead.

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